Dump-car.



H. L. RANSBERGER.

DUMP CAR. APPLICATION FILED AUGJ, 1915.

Ifitented July 18, 1916.

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H. L. RANSBERGER.

APPLICATION FILED AUGJ. 1915.

H. L. RANSBERGER.

DUMP CAR.

APPLICATION FILED AUG-71 I915.

Patented July 18, 1916.

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HARRY II. RANSBERGER, or LAPAZ, INDIANA.

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I 5 of Indiana, have invented new and useful Improvements in'Dump-Cars, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to dump cars, the object of the invention being to produce a a train is made up of such cars and used in conjunction with av machine for ditching, dredging, hoisting and the like, .the said machine may be-shifted or moved lengthwisev '15 of the train of cars so that the cars may be successively loaded without requiring any switching orrelative shifting of-the cars themselves. This enables a train of cars to be loaded in an expeditious manner and sav- 2o ing valuable time besides materially reducing the cost of the work to railroad com panies. v

A further object of the invention is taprovide a construction which will enable sides 25 and ends to be employed in connection with capacity of each car to be doubled. A further object of the invention is to provide means whereby all of the cars of the the floor of the car thereby enabling the 80 train maybe simultaneously dumped thus efl'ecting another material saving in time and labor and a corresponding economy to' the railway company.

With the above and other objects in view,

, 86 the invention consists in the novel construction, combination and arrangement of-parts," as herein described, illustrated and claimed. 7 In the accompanying drawings: Figure-1 is a side elevation on a small scale showing a invention and illustrating the combination therewith of a ditching machine. Fig. 2 is an enlarged side elevation of a single car. Fig. 3.is a plan view of the car body show-' 45 ing'both endsand one of the sides swung downwardly-to a substantially'horizontal position and showin the rails and extension .rails for the ditching machine. Fig. & 1s a plan view offithe truck frame with the body .removedmFig. 5 is a bottom plan vlew of the truck body showing the means for sliding and dumping the body. Fig 6 is a vertical cross section of the car with the body in its normal carrying position.- Fig. 7 is a the body moved to a Specification of Letters Patent.

. Application filed August 7,

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The car body B comprises in addition tothe truck-frame and car floor, showing the supporting rollersand one :of theguiding sheaves.

one of the sides ofthe body. v

Iteferring to the drawings A generally designates a railway truck comprising the truck wheels 1 and the truck frame 2, the

truck being adapted to run upon the usual railway rails indicated at 3. 1 l a 1 In carrying out the present invention,

cross guide rails 4 are secured to the-topof tion taken transversely of the cross rails of] Patented July 18, 191 a s. Seria;1N 44 8 is anenlarged fragmentary vertical seckr supporting the truck frame 2, three of such guide rails being shownv although itwill of course be understood that the number thereof may be increased or diminished in accordance with the length of the truck and the. car body.

Each guide rail 4 is shown as composed of' a pair of channel-irons with their, flanges facing inwardly toward each other. Correspondingly located cross rails 5 are fastened to the bottom of, the fioor 6 of the car body asbest illustrated in Fig. 9, said cross rails being also composed of channel irons ported by means of sets ofrollers 7 which are mounted on axles8 extending. transversely" of and supported by the gulde railshaving their flanges disposed toward each.

other, the lower flanges thereof beinglsup- 4. This enables the body ofthecarywhich j is designated generally atB-tofb. hifted with a minimum amount of frictionlater'ally of the truck in the act of dumpingthecar body or returning the same to itscarrying the floor 6, the end boards-9 and 'thevside boards 10, all of sa d boards 9 and 10 being hinged along their'bottom edges as-shown at 11 to the car body floor. Extending longitudinally'of the floor 6 of the car body are parallel track rails 12 upon which 'run the when the end boards are swung downwardly to a horizontal position as shown in Fig. 2, are brought into alinement with the'rails '12.

This enables the ditching machine C to be of the ditching machine. Itis preferred to tudinally extending girders 14 which are moved along'the whole trainof cars so that said cars may successively be filled by means 110 fasten to the bottom of the car body B longi- 60 I Fig. 9 1s a fragmentary vertical section showing the mannero wheels of the ditching machine designated- H generally at C. Extending transversely of the end boards 9 are extension r'ailsi13 which, v

shown in the form of eye bolts, the cross guide rails 1 being fastened to said girders thus producing a strong and durable construction. The end boards 9 when returned to their vertical position are engaged and held in such position by means of pivoted latches 15. The side boards 10 have fastened thereto vertically extending braces 16 the lower ends of which, when the sides 10 are in a vertical position, extend below the bottom of the floor 6 where they are engaged by blocks 17 adapted to be slid inwardly or outwardly as indicated inFigs. 10 and 11, the blocks 17 in one position serving to support the braces 16 and thereby hold the sides 10 in-their carrying position. Upon sliding the blocks 17 out of the way as shown in Fig. 11, the sides 10 may be dropped to a substantially horizontal position just prior to the dumping operation. The end boards 9 are sustained in a horizontal position by means of rests 18 which extend transversely of the ends of the truck frame 2 so as to support the extension rails 13 in alinement with the main track rails 12 of the car body.

The means for sliding the car body laterally with respect to the truck frame comprises a compressed air cylinder 19 located under the bottom of the truck frame and shown in Fig. 5 ashaving pipes 20 and 21 leading therefrom to the main line pipes 22 and 23, respectively, extending lengthwise of the truck frame and having flexible hose connections 21 at their extremities by means of which the air pipes may be coupled together at the same time the cars are connected by the usual couplings. Within the compressed air cylinder 19 is a piston25 from which extends a piston rod 26 having attached thereto flexible connections such as.

ropes or cables, some of said connections indicated at 27 extending around guiding sheaves 28 and being fastened to the car body at one side of the center thereof, other flexible connections 29 extending around other guiding sheaves 30 and 31 and being fastened to the car body at the other side of the center thereof. By the means described and with the aid of a suitable air compressor, the piston 25 may be moved within the cylinder 19 so as to draw on either set of flexible connections 27 and 29 forthe purpose of moving the car body to the dumping position as indicated in Figs. 7 and 8, or returning said car body to its carrying position as in Fig. 6.

In order to limit the dumping angle of the car body B, I employ at opposite ends of the car stay rods 32 which are pivotally connected at to the truck frame and which have a sliding relation to the car body B, the end sills of the car body being for that purpose provided with longitudinal guide ways 3i in which slide the inturned extremities 35 of the stay rods 32. \Vhen the car body reaches the dumping position illustrated in Fig. 8, the rods 32 prevent the body from tilting to any greater degree, thereby facilitating the return of'the car body to a horizontal plane and then to its normal carrying position shown in Fig. 6. Hooks 36' project from the bottom of the dumping car body and work between the channel irons of the guide rails l and just as the car body reaches its dumping position, said hooks come in contact with the stationary fulcrum pins 37 on the truck frame as shown in Fig. 8 and thereafter the said rods 32. as pre viously indicated. limit the tilting angle of the car body. hen the body 13 is in its normal carrying position. it is held in such position by means of locking pins 38 which are inserted through angle iron stops or bumpers 39 and into corresponding holes or sockets in the body B.

\Vhile I have hereinabove described the dumping'car as particularly designed for use in connection with a ditching machine such as is represented at C, it will, of course, be understood that in place of the machine C, any other machine such as a hoisting or dredging machine or the like may be employed as long as the same is mounted upon wheels which are adapted to roll along the track rails 12 and 13. It will now be understood that after the first Car at one end of the train is fully loaded, the machine C is moved along the rails 12 and 13 until it rests upon the third car so that the second car may be filled and this process is continued until all of the cars have received their loads. Upon arriving at the dumping ground. all of the car bodies may be simultaneously shifted laterally of the truck frames and dumped and then returned to their normal carrying positions by means of the compressed air mechanism hereinabove described. This greatly facilitates the loading and unloading of cars, materially reduces the expense incident thereto and effects a corresponding reduction in the expense to the railway company. It is not necessary to switch or shift the individual cars of the train after once arriving at the place of operation as the machine C may be shifted the entire length of the train of cars.

Having thus described my invention, 1 claim 1. In a dump car, the combination of a railway truck, cross guide rails thereon, a car body having corresponding cross rails fastened to the bottom thereof and overlying the first named cross rails, side and end boards hinged to the floor of the car body and adapted to be folded outwardly, track rails for a. wheeled ditching or hoisting machine extending lengthwise of the car body floor, extension track rails extending across the inner faces of the end boards and adapted to be brought into alinement with the first floor, extension track rails extending across the inner faces of the end boards and adapted to be brought into alinement with the first named track rails, means for laterally sliding and dumping said car body, and transversely extending rests on the truck frame for supporting, said end boards when .said track rails and the extensions thereof are in line. v

3. In a dump car, the combination of a railway truck, cross guide rails thereon, a car body having corresponding cross rails fastened to the bottom thereof and overlying the first named cross rails, side and end boards hinged to the floor of the car body and adapted to be folded outwardly, track rails for a wheeled ditching. or hoisting machine extending lengthwise of the car body floor, extension track rails extending across the inner faces of the end boards and adapted to be brought into alinement with the first named track rails, means for laterally sliding and dumping said car body, comprising a compressed air cylinder, a piston .therein, guiding sheaves journaled on the,

cross guide rails of the truck, and flexible operating elements actuated by said piston and connected to the car body.

4:. In a dump car, thecombination of a railway truck, cross guide rails thereon, a car body having corresponding cross rails fastened to the bottom thereof and overlying the first named cross rails, side and end boards hinged to the floor of the car body and adapted to be folded outwardly, track rails for a wheeled ditching or hoisting machine extending lengthwise of the car body floor, extension track rails'extending across the inner faces of the end boards and adapted to bebrought into alinement with the first named track rails, and means for laterally sliding and dumping said car body, and stay rods having a pivotal connection with the truck frame and a sliding connection with the car body.

5. In adump car, the combination of a railway truck, cross guide rails thereon, a

car body having-corresponding cross rails fastened to the bottom thereof and overlying the first named cross rails, side and end boards hinged to the floor ;of the car body and adapted to be folded outwardly, track rails for a wheeled ditching or hoisting machine extending lengthwise ofthe car body floor, extension track railsextending across the inner faces of the end boards and adapted to be brought into alinement with the first named track rails, means for laterally sliding and dumping said car body, braces fastened to the side boards, and blocks interposed between said braces and the truck frame.

In testimony whereof I aifix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

LoUIs MOLTER, LORENZO WELCH. 

